( he didn't consider himself as being someone who had any positive traits among the failures of his life and his overall apathy towards things. it was only through spending more time with maria that he found himself remembering how he cared about things at one point in his life beyond just being angry over injustices-

he liked to support underdogs for one, causes like social movements and the like. he also found it easy to admit his faults and when he had fucked up, especially when he cared about the person he was apologizing to.

like maria. he had come to care for this woman who so easily flirted with him and made him feel like he was the luckiest man alive. so it didn't take him long to lean into her kiss and smirk at her joke, remaining close in case he got to have another. )

Yeah I need to get on that...

( he managed to say before she stunned him all over again with another kiss. it was then that he felt his anger melting away into something less aggressive.

he remained silent for a moment though, staring at her in slight confusion before his face became slightly elevated with a blush. it wasn't like he hadn't seen her naked before because of course he had - but to be this close to her was exciting. )

Yeah a bath...sounds great. We can put on some candles and turn on Dido and make it really romantic.

( is he joking? a little, perhaps to deflect how arousing the whole event was starting to sound. )